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Irokotv

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irokotv
Irokotv updated logo.jpg
URLirokotv.com
Launched1 December 2011
Current statusActive

irokotv jẹ ìpìèsè ẹ́ẹ̀bù ti oàwọn isanwo-fun awọn fíìmù Nàìjíríà lóri ìbéèrè . O jẹ ọkan nínú àwọn oju opo wẹẹbu ṣiṣan fiimu ori ayelujara akọkọ, ti n pese iraye si awọn akọle fiimu Nollywood ti o ju ẹgbẹrun marun lọ. [1] irokotv jẹ apakan ti iROKO Limited, eyiti o jẹ ọkan ninu awọn ile-iṣẹ ere idaraya ti Afirika. [2] [3]

irokotv ti ṣe ifilọlẹ ni ọjọ kínní Oṣu kejila ọdún 2011. Ile-iṣẹ obi rẹ ti nṣe, iROKO Partners, ni ipilẹṣẹ nipasẹ Jason Njoku ati Bastian Gotter ni Oṣu kejila ọdun 2010, [4] pẹlu olu-iṣẹ rẹ ni Ilu Lọndọnu, United Kingdom. irokotv jẹ ọkan ninu awọn olupin oni-nọmba ti ofin agbaye ti awọn fiimu Afirika. [5] [6]

Lakoko ti o n gbe ni Ilu Lọndọnu, Olùdásílẹ̀ iroko, Jason Njoku, mọ bi awọn ere sinima Afirika ti di olókìkí. Pelu bí ìbéèrè agbaye ti ndagba, ko si aṣayan ofin lati wo awọn fiimu lati orilẹ-ede rẹ. Nitorina o pinnu lati láti gbè ìgbésẹ láti ọdọ ara rẹ ati láti dunadura awọn adehun iwe-aṣẹ pẹlu awọn olùpilẹ̀ṣẹ̀ agbègbè Nàìjíríà. [7]

Oju opo wẹẹbu irokotv ti wọn ṣe ifilọlẹ rẹ ni ọjọ kínní Oṣu kejila ọdun 2011 nipasẹ iROKO Partners, ti o jẹ awọn iwe-aṣẹ ati àwọn olupin káàkiri awọn fiimu orílẹ-èdè Nàìjíríà. [8] Jason Nkoju, Alakoso ile-iṣẹ ati Bastian Gotter, bayi COO, pade lakoko ti awọn ọmọ ile-iwe papọ ni Ile-ẹkọ giga ti Ilu Manchester papọ. [9]

Njoku ṣe àwọn ìgbìyànjú pupọ lati ṣeto awọn ile-iṣẹ tirẹ ni awọn ọdun lẹsẹkẹsẹ lẹhin ile-ẹkọ giga, ṣugbọn kuna lori ìgbìyànjú kọọkan. [10] Njoku ni àtìlẹ́yìn láti bẹrẹ ile-iṣẹ náà nígbàtí o rii pe o nira lati gba awọn fíìmù orilẹ-ède Nàìjíríà lori ayélujára fun iya rẹ, ẹniti o n gbe pẹlu rẹ lakoko náà. Lẹhin ti o ti ṣe ìwádìí ile-iṣẹ fíìmù orílẹ̀-èdè, ati akiyesi aini àwọn amayederun ti o wa ni aye fun pinpin awọn fíìmù àgbáyé, Njoku fò lọ si ìlú Eko,ni Nàìjíríà, o ra awọn iwe-aṣẹ ori ayelujara ti àwọn fíìmù orílẹ-èdè tààrà lati ọdọ àwọn olùpilẹ̀ṣẹ̀. Lẹhin ti o ti ṣe àdéhùn pẹlú YouTube ni Germany, o lo pẹpẹ ti o ní ní Google lati ṣe ṣiṣan wọlé awọn fíìmù orílẹ-èdè ti o ni ìwé-àṣẹ, fún ọfẹ, lori ikanni rẹ, Nollywoodlove. [11] Ikanni naa di olókìkí púpọ ati pe o jẹ ere ni igba diẹ [12] ati pe o jẹ idojukọ ti nọ́mbà awọn ẹya àtẹ̀jáde nínú atẹjade àgbáyé, pẹlu CNBC, CNN ati Techcrunch. Aṣeyọri ti Nollywoodlove yori si idoko-owo aṣeyọri lati owo idabo hedge ti o da lori AMẸRIKA Tiger Global Management, ẹniti o ṣe idari idoko-owo yíká méjì lápapọ̀ owó US $ mílíọ̀nù mẹjọ, [13] ṣiṣe àwọn ti o ọkan ninu awọn idoko-sinu kan West African Dot-com afowopaowo. Idoko-owo síwájú sii ti $ 2m, ti iṣakoso nipasẹ owo hedge-orisun Swedish Kinnevik, ti o tẹle ni Oṣu Keje ọdún 2012. [14] [15] Ile-iṣẹ naa ni, lapapọ, gbe owó $ 25m ti idoko-owo, ti o jẹ ki o jẹ ọkan ninu awọn ile-iṣẹ intanẹẹti ti Ìwọ̀-oòrùn Afirika ti o ni owo. [16]

irokotv ṣiṣẹ pẹlu pupọ julọ nínú awọn ile iṣelọpọ fiimu oke ti orílẹ-èdè ati rira awọn iwe-aṣẹ ori ayélujára iyasọtọ si awọn fíìmù wọn, Ni ìgbìyànjú lati pin káàkiri awọn fiimu orílẹ-èdè si àwọn olùgbọ àgbáyé. Awọn olùgbọ ti ile-iṣẹ jẹ pataki julọ ni Ilu, pẹlu awọn orilẹ-ede marun ti o ga julọ pẹlu Amẹrika, United Kingdom, Canada, (Germany) ati Italy. [14] Njoku ni a mọ gẹgẹbi aṣaaju-ọna ni awọn ibẹrẹ imọ-ẹrọ Afirika. [17]

irokotv nṣiṣẹ lori àkànṣe ọja iforukọsilẹ, nibiti awọn onisàkóso le wọlé si àwọn fíìmù Nollywood nipasẹ Ohun elo Android kan ni Afirika, ati nipasẹ ohun elo kan tabi ori ẹ̀rọ ayelujara ni Iwọ-oorun. [18] Ni oṣù kẹfà ọdún 2015, Olùdarí iROKOtv ati Olùdásílẹ̀ rẹ, Jason Njoku kéde pe òpó ayélujára ile-iṣẹ náà yóò di titipa ati iṣẹ ṣiṣanwọle ni Afirika, ati iyipada si alagbeka nikan lati oṣù Keje ọdun naa. [19]

Ni ọdun 2012, ile-iṣẹ náà ṣii awọn ọfiisi ni Ilu Lọndọnu ati New York [20] ati ni ọdun 2013, ile-iṣẹ náà tún ṣafikun ọfiisi siwaju sii ni Johannesburg. [21]

Ifunni akọkọ ti irokotv jẹ pẹpẹ ṣiṣan fidio lori intanẹẹti ti awọn akọle Nollywood ti a yan (Gẹẹsi ati fíìmù Yoruba). Ilè iṣẹ náà ni àwọn fiimu to tó ẹgbẹrun marun lọwọ lọwọ lori pẹpẹ, eyiti o jẹ déédé awọn wakati ẹgbẹrun mẹwa ti akoonu. [22] Ile-iṣẹ naa ti tun ṣe awọn ajọṣepọ pẹlu awọn ile-iṣẹ imọ-ẹrọ agbaye ti o jẹ asiwaju, pẹlu Nokia, ẹniti o ṣe ifilọlẹ irokotv App lori Nokia Lumia ni Oṣu Kini ọdun 2013. [23]

Lati ọdun 2014, ile-iṣẹ naa tun ti tẹsiwaju láti lọ si pinpin aisinipo àgbáyé, o si pese ọpọlọpọ awọn ọkọ ofurufu pẹlu akoonu Nollywood, pẹlu British Airways, South African Airways, Emirates, Kenya Airways ati United Airlines [24]

irokotv n ṣetọju awọn iṣowo pinpin akoonu pẹlu YouTube, Dailymotion, iTunes, Amazon ati Vimeo . [25] [26] Ile-iṣẹ naa tun ni ajọṣepọ akoonu pẹlu Tigo, Nollywood Movies, The Africa Channel ati Nollywood TV . Ni Oṣu Kẹta ọdun 2015, iROKOtv ṣe ifilọlẹ ẹya tuntun ti yoo jẹ ki awọn alabapin ṣe igbasilẹ awọn fiimu fun wiwo offline nigbamii. [27]

Ni Oṣu Kẹrin ọdun 2015, iROKO bẹrẹ lati gbe diẹ ninu akoonu rẹ ni aisinipo ati ṣe ifilọlẹ awọn ikanni TV tuntun meji, [28] iROKO Play ati iROKO Plus lori Africa's StarTimes, [29] eyiti Jason Njoku sọ asọye “A mọ ni akọkọ fun didari ifijiṣẹ akoonu OTT ni gbogbo Afirika nipasẹ irokotv.com, ṣugbọn pẹlu iṣipopada oni-nọmba ti ntan ni iyara jakejado àgbáyé ti o tọ, ni bayi lati jẹ ki a ṣe agbega si TV laini ni iyara ni gbogbo kọnputa to tọ oja." [30]

Àmì ẹ̀yẹ ati yíyàn

[àtúnṣe | àtúnṣe àmìọ̀rọ̀]

Ni ọdun 2017, iROKO TV gba 'Telifisiọnu Ayelujara Pẹlu Aami Eye Akoonu Fiimu Ti o dara julọ' ni Awọn ẹbun fiimu Awọn eniyan Ilu . [31]

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